The Smartest Way to Protect Your Children From Cyber Hacking

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If we ever went to war, cyber war with China and we needed in a sort of enders game style, brilliant kids that like helped save us. Just tell a bunch of 13 year olds that if you bring down China's whatever infrastructure, you will get unlimited access to Mr. Beast videos. These kids become Dennis Nidry style hackers when it comes to trying to get access to these things. When they functionally need a phone, you can get them a phone that doesn't have internet. We're right now in this intermediate transition period where parents still have to make these decisions on their own.

Are smartphones bad for kids? Cal walks through the data on this question, including how researchers came to be worried, their findings, critiques of their findings, and where we are today. He then gives recommendations for how to think about technology when it comes to your kids.

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